Sunday Happy

All of a sudden I feel it. Spring is in the air. Not like spring is coming right now but there is a hint. The temperatures are rising a little (not -15 every morning) , the sunlight is stronger and the rising earlier. I am starting to get annoyed at my winter jacket. I want to clean every single nook and cranny of the house. Yeah, spring time. It is ah coming and I am not made about it!

Past another week and here we are. Not much different then other weeks for the past while. We went hiking on Valentines day and enjoyed just being together. Hung out with Barb, had a snow storm that didn't actually accumulate to much (although I did have to shovel a lot…stupid plow kept me busy) and spent a lot of time with the clay in both studios. Uneventful but eventful enough. I am starting to feel a bit antsy, like I need to run the streets screaming, and I am not sure if it is pandemic fatigue, a little touch of cabin fever, or if I am just losing my mind. It’s probably a bit of all three. So yeah, there is that. HA!

Today, circled right back to Sunday. What to do? The mr and I both have a bunch of stuff going on the next few days (weeks) so I don’t know how much time we will have to wonder off today but we really need to chill for a least a little while. Thinking maybe a smaller hike nearby or even just a nice long stroll along the lake. That actually sounds nice. And coffee. A lakeside coffee stroll.

And I think I might have just made a plan. Good on me!

Some internet from the week.

-Explaining this week’s deadly US cold snap. A shitty week down south for sure. And why it matters The Impact of Severe Winter Storms

-A Vegan Community Fridge at a Boxing Gym? Oh hell yeah! Boxers can be vegan too!

-A Bicycle. A Trip. Or Just Pants: The Things We Buy When Pining For Normal Times. Have you bought or planned anything in anticipation? I am planning, planning on doing then things that got screwed the past year.

-The trees know everything. Ancient Trees Show When The Earth's Magnetic Field Last Flipped Out

-I am not moving Mars. The Perseverance rover is now on Mars. What does it hope to find there?

-How To Keep Your Pantry Free of Creepy-Crawly Pests. My biggest problem is always fruit flies. Stupid flies.
-The BOOKS! Tokyo’s Kadokawa Culture Museum Houses an Arresting Kengo Kuma-Designed Bookshelf Theater

-There is something about this kitchen that I just really like. Calamine Pinks in a Converted Barn Kitchen by Plain English

-Thats a big drawing. Artist breaks world record for largest solo drawing

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

Happy Sunday! Another week gone by and we are just living it the best we can. I don’t know about you but I love me some mid February vibes. It’s not usually terribly cold (well, not usually. It was freaking -15 again for a few days..) but February winter is good winter. There is snow on the ground, days on and off of gloom and sun, and the light is getting just a bit longer and stonger every day. There is also the anticipation of spring to come soon (in like 2 months) and that is one of the best things about the seasons, that they change! Plus this is the time of the year that I start thinking about the garden and what to plant and getting all the things ready. So yeah, love me some February!

Again another week flew on by. I went for a couple hikes, one with the mr and one with Megans and So. Barb and I walked all the neighborhoods and I keep on feeding her face. I also did a lot of glazing, sold offf mugs, and over all did a bunch of studio work. We had the littles over for pizza night and to play with those spinning things that I can’t seem to remember the names of (busty blades?) I also busted the sewing machine out to sew a heart on a sweater and to make Barb a new neck warmer (pictured above). And I made soooo much bread, a cute ass cake with hearts, and manage to keep the tip of my nose from completely falling off even though the skin had been peeling off. Definitely got frost bite. Anyways, not much of the super exciting, just plugging away at life, drinking lots of water, organizing that papers, doing the stuff.

Back to Sunday and Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate it! The mr and I always do but not with gifts or flowers and definitely not with fancy dinners and shit. No, we always just make sure that we get to spend the day together, not bickering, and do something fun. And yes, there are hearts involved but that is not just a Valentines day thing for us (we have hearts all over the house). So today being that is is Sunday AND Valentines Day, we are doing our usually and going for a good hike, getting coffee, and chilling out a bit but then we decided we will eat dinner at the table and not the kitchen island. That is romance right there. HAHA! And then maybe we will try to watch a movie together ( I say try because I will probably fall asleep on the couch by 8). Nothing fancy, just quality time with my love and that what Valentines Day is all about.

Stuff from the internet.

-It’s time to double up. CDC Says Double-Masking Offers More Protection Against The Coronavirus.

-How much chocolate would you have to eat for it to kill you? I think you are safe to eat that box of Valentines chocolates.. or are you?

-I don’t understand how there are still people that don’t recycle. And I don’t understand why companies don’t make it dumb easy to recycle. I don’t understand why there has to be so much shit to recycle in the first place. I guess I don’t understand a lot of things. Companies are failing to do this one simple thing that could boost recycling

-Michelle Obama’s ‘Waffles + Mochi,’ a Culinary Kids Show, Will Premiere March 16 on Netflix. I am here for this. Don’t even care that it is a kids show.

-This is really cool. I wish I could see it for reals. More my speed then a ton of drunk people throwing shit at me. HA! 'Float houses' are popping up all over New Orleans for Mardi Gras 2021:

-A Stunning Shot of Sharks Cruising Under a French Polynesian Sunset Wins the 2021 Underwater Photographer of the Year. The duck feet too!

-I didn't know so I looked it up. How Do Rosaries Actually Work?

-WARMING UP MID-CENTURY MODERN. Very much my aesthetic

-The Popular Bookshelf Trend That’s Gone Too Far. I am not a curated bookshelf person but any books in a house is better then none, no matter how they are organized. (Ok, I kind of hate the color coded thing but who am I to judge?)

-C

Sunday Happy

The weeks started off with blue sky, extremely cold weather, and me, going for my morning run, not giving a fuck, and getting what I am self diagnosing but am pretty sure it is, frost bite on the tip of my nose. Yup, I went for an hour long run in what they said was a -10 morning and when I came home I had ice all over my eyelashes, my face cover, my hair, and my nose was numb. And the tip was fire red. I kind of freaked a little but then figured that the worst case scenario would be that I would have to cut the tip of my nose off and after I asked the mr if he would mind if I needed to cut if off (he was cool with it) I calmed down a bit and smacked a salve covered bandaid on the honker and just hoped it would figure it self out. Lucky my nose is still intact but there still is a big red blotch on the tip and I can feel it now, it just hurts a little when I touch it. SO, lesson learned. Go inside when ice forms on your face.

Besides my nose issues, the week has been good. Went for a long city walk with Barb, picked up a bunch of new books at the library, got a few packages of seed!!! and did a lot of glazing. I am really excited to see how the new designed mugs comes out of the kiln but also a little nervous. When things go right in ceramics, well it is the best feeling. When they go wrong, it really freaking sucks.

Also we got a good little snow storm that dumped close to a foot of snow. That made me smile a bunch, even when I was shoveling for the fifth time. (I actually really like shoveling.)

And that’s about it. I think. My brain is shit these days….

Back at Sunday. The mr and I are heading up into the mountains and into the woods today to go for a hike, drop of some mugs, and just get out of town. I am probably more excited then I would normally be but I am feeling a little stir crazy and can’t wait just to get out of town. And good news, it is suppose to be a warm 20 degrees where we are going so I don’t have to worry much about freezing my freaking face off. YAY!

The internet stuff.

-How to build an igloo that’s structurally sound and cozy because it is defiantly a skill, one that I hope to be putting into use. (Got to get the littles to help me of course.)

-How Fast Will Biden Need To Move On Climate? Really, Really Fast. This is truth and also some scary shit. Lets just hope that we can stop being fuckers stop killing our planet! At least we have a president now who give a shit!

-What do you even have to talk about anymore? The Pandemic Has Caused a Gossip Shortage

-Stunning Images of Starlings in Flight. Birds make me believe in bigger things.

-It is not morbid, it is a fact of life. We all gonna die! And now we can be compost! The First U.S. Funeral Home That Turns Bodies Into Compost Is Now Open

-We Asked People Who Lost Their Taste to COVID: What Do You Eat in a Day? I don’t know what I would do and I for sure hope to not have find out. Can you imagine not tasting or having your favorite food taste spoiled?

-Vegan Cheese Is Meltier & Creamier Than Ever. Here are 17 Kinds We Love. Think of all the pizzas and nachos you can eat!

-These brooms remind me of my uncle. He used to collect brooms form other countries. Woven Poetry: Thoughtful and Practical Brooms from Sunhouse Craft in Kentucky

-Ikea makes LEGOS

-Why don’t we have English cottages in the US? We all want one… This 500-Square-Foot English Stone Cottage Is Honestly the Cutest Home Ever

And a few pictures from the week.

-C

Sunday Happy

How is it even really the last day of January? Wow, I mean, really, I have completely lost all concept of time. It is gone and I should just stop looking at calendars and making plans by the moon and the number of setting suns. It just makes more sense now, especially cause I have not plans to make. HA!

Another week and here we are. I was moderately busy doing things. Studio stuff, a few good hikes early in the week with Barb, the mr, and Megan and Alex. I trashed my clean studio to cut up benches and some other shit. We had the littles over for dinner and bebop battles (I know that those things are not called bebops but that is what I keep calling them), and I did all the other work stuff (bills and phone calls) that no one cares to hear about.

Then it was the end of the week and -15 degree outside. Now some might say that is too cold to be outside (the mr and maybe like doctors and shit) but not me. I still went out everyday for my morning runs and oh boy where those just invigorating and exhilarating. Nothing like having ice forming on your face the moment you walk out the door.

And right now I am having a hard time focusing on much other then the pulsing in my toe because yesterday I for sure did drop the vacuum on it and split it open and it sure did gush blood all over the floor all day (it just kept on bleeding!) and it was just a hot mess. Cleaning up blood from a gash that was caused from a cleaning device while I was cleaning… Full circle. HA!

Today I got a list of things to do. I need to go to the studio and glaze. I need to package up orders to ship out tomorrow. I need to clean off the back porch because the past few days it has turned into a dumping ground, and I need to put my studio back together. Other then that, well I know the mr and I are not going for much of a long hike today because, again, he is not into the super cold, but we are planning on having a car lunch picnic, maybe with a water view. That will be nice. (and short cause I am not running the car while we eat).

Internet from the World Wide Web.

-Schoolboy changes name to 'Reconnecting' during Zoom classes to dodge teacher's questions. Kid’s a freaking genius.

-So What Is Short Selling? An Explainer. Not going to lie, still a little confused but I think I get it?

-I love this farm house and I definitely want a raised dinning room off the kitchen. And fish wallpaper in the bathroom.

-What I did not know but now I know. Why Wombats Poop Cubes

-New crystal, new you? Are you into crystals? This is a good read if you are, or not too.

.- Some Forests Are Covered With Lichens That Love to Fuck, Scientists Discover. I need to get the mr to read this. He is obsessed with moss and lichens.

-Have you ever eaten black garlic? Holy crap is it amazing. The mr buys me a container of it every year and sticks it in my stocking at Christmas. Might try my hand at making some soon. This Is the Absolute Best Way to Make Black Garlic at Home 

-Kraft Is Introducing ‘Candy Mac & Cheese’ for Valentine’s Day. Sick joke? I fear it’s not. Gross.

-You don’t have to tell me twice! Keep your brain in shape by reading more books

-Varied Bricks and Ceramic Blocks Comprise the Asymmetric Facade of a Spacious Community Center in Bengal. SO beautiful!

Pictures from the week.

-C

Sunday Happy

We are into it, the deep winter of the north and I cannot be happier about it. Sure it is freaking cold but you know what? I love it. I love the cold, I love the light , I love the snow. This is my time of year. Are you into it too?

The week started off good. I went on a couple of really good super snowy hikes, one with just the mr and another one with Megan, Barb, Alex, and So. Both hikes were just all sorts of amazing with all the snow. One thing that can always make this lady smile is a good hike thorugh a snow covered forest. You can’t beat it.

Besides being outside ad much as I could be, I did a far amount of glazing in the beginning of the week. I also started on some new designs for mugs which I am kind of obsessed with but I should really see how they come out of the kiln before I get too excited.

And then Wednesday things suddenly just felt lighter. You feel it too? After listening to the news all day we had the littles and Barb come over for a good sledding session. Bundles up to the nines we headed over to the park, ran up the hill, and flew out butts down. The snow was just right for some serious speed. Even little Coco was flying down the hill (which scared the shit out of me). Then back to the house for hot chocolate and food and heat cause we were all pretty frozen by then. It was a great first sled of the year!

After that it was my birthday. It came and went which was a day and that was it. I forgot to pick up farm share. I can’t even with myself so now I am back to eating all the frozen green beans and broccoli until next week. ( I still can’t believe I forgot to pick it up.) The week ended with more work at the studio and I don’t know. I feel like more happened that I am forgetting but I guess it wasn’t that exciting if I have already forgot, HA.

Today is up in the air. I am not entirely sure of the plan but I hope to get out of the house for a little while. I know it is suppose to be stupid cold but you know what? I don’t really care. I have all the layers and yesterday I even made myself a fleece face covering so my mouth and cheeks don’t freeze off when I am running. (Good call on me!) So yeah, gonna let the day do it’s thing.

Internet from the week.

-Bernie Sanders And His Mittens Win The Inauguration Day Meme Game. Ah Bernie. If this is not a shinning example of a Vermonter (practical clothing, heavy mittens, and a trip the post office while you are out), well then I don’t know what is.

-There’s a right and wrong way to be bored. Jeez. Now you need two be bored a certain way.

-Don’t ask me why I am looking, I just am. AGA cookers. Maybe someday?

-Don’t get mad at your postal workers, it is not their fault! 'There's No End In Sight': Mail Delivery Delays Continue Across The Country

-The Practical Magic of Vermont’s Witch Windows—and Why Every House Could Use One. Again, Vermont being practical.

-You know you want to know even if you don’t know you want to know. Wait — Kim Owns the Land and Kanye Owns the House? Rich people problems…

-I Get Enough Sleep, but Why Am I Yawning So Much? Experts Explain. Contagious yawns are crazy real. I yawned just thinking about it.

-I just bought a toaster for the mr but I really wish I could have bought THIS TOASTER. I am in love.

-Science Says Camp Sleep Is Good for You. Oh how I miss camp sleep and camping in general. A couple more months and we will be back out there (I would go camping now but the mr would have none of it.)

-I want a room that is all windows! INSTAGRAM WORTHY: @VALDIROSE.

Pictures fro the week.

-C